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== Clinical Summary ==
This 4-year-old female sustained second and third degree burns involving approximately forty percent of the body surface. Subsequently, she developed septicemia secondary to skin infection and died in septic shock on the 10th hospital day. Antemortem blood cultures were positive for Enterobacter aerogenes and Staphylococcus aureus.
== Images ==
File:IPLab4SepticEmboli8.jpg|This is a high-powered photomicrograph of a myocardial abscess stained with a special tissue Gram stain (Brown & Brenn) to illustrate the colonies of bacteria in this myocardial tissue (arrows).
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== Virtual Microscopy ==
<peir-vm>IPLab4SepticEmboli</peir-vm>
== Study Questions ==
* <spoiler text="What is the most common cause of septicemia in burn patients?">Pseudomona aeruginosa.</spoiler>
* <spoiler text="What factors dictate the location of the abscesses formed by septic emboli?">Distribution of blood flow downstream from the source of septic emboli.</spoiler>
== Additional Resources ==
=== Reference ===
* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/168402-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Septic Shock]
* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/234587-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Bacterial Sepsis]
* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/169640-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Multisystem Organ Failure of Sepsis]
* [http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/critical_care_medicine/sepsis_and_septic_shock/sepsis_and_septic_shock.html Merck Manual: Sepsis and Septic Shock]
* [http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectious_diseases/biology_of_infectious_disease/bacteremia.html Merck Manual: Bacteremia]
=== Journal Articles ===
* Hiorns MP, Screaton NJ, Müller NL. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11699665 Acute lung disease in the immunocompromised host]. ''Radiol Clin North Am'' 2001 Nov;39(6):1137-51, vi.
=== Images ===
* [{{SERVER}}/library/index.php?/tags/732-vasculitis_due_to_septic_embolus PEIR Digital Library: Vasculitis Due to Septic Embolus Images]
* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/LUNGHTML/LUNGIDX.html#7 WebPath: Pulmonary Thromboembolus]
* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ATHHTML/ATHIDX.html WebPath: Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis]
== Related IPLab Cases ==
* [[IPLab:Lab 3:Lobar Pneumonia|Lab 3: Lung: Lobar Pneumonia]]
* [[IPLab:Lab 4:Thromboembolus|Lab 4: Lung: Thromboembolus]]
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